The Tancred, later Lawson-Tancred Baronetcy, of Boroughbridge in the County of York, is a title in the
Baronetage of England. It was created on 17 November 1662 for Thomas Tancred. He was a descendant of Richard Tankard, who shortly after the
Norman Conquest owned lands at
Boroughbridge in
Yorkshire, where the family remains.
Tancred, later Lawson-Tancred baronets, of Boroughbridge (1662)
Sir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred, 9th Baronet (1870–1945)
Sir Henry Lawson-Tancred, 10th Baronet (1924–2010)
Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred, 11th Baronet (born 1952)
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Thomas Alexander Claude Lawson-Tancred (born on 17 June 2006)
Sir Thomas Selby Lawson-Tancred, 9th Baronet
Lawson-Tancred married (later Dame) Margery Ellinor, eldest daughter and co-heir of Andrew Sherlock Lawson, younger brother of
Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (see
Lawson baronets). In 1914 he assumed by
deed poll the additional surname of Lawson. He died before her but his free-to-distribute assets were probated at £21,777 (equivalent to about £1,000,000 in 2021), rounded, in 1946.[2]